23/10/2018 07:20 AM

A special highlight in Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW on reforming social insurance policy is synchronous reform to expand social insurance coverage, towards the goal of achieving social insurance coverage for the entire labour forces and population protection, ensure balanced social insurance fund for the long term, adjust the relatively independent pension in relation to the salary of working persons, and change the way of adjusting the pension in the direction of sharing. All such reforms are aimed at sustainable welfare.

12/10/2018 03:08 PM

The Ministry of Health organised a workshop on October 4 on health technology assessment (HTA) and initial application outcomes in domestic medical policymaking. Deputy Health Minister Pham Le Tuan and Deputy Director of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) Pham Luong Son attended the event.

12/10/2018 02:51 PM

The Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and the Pacific was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from October 2-4 by the International Social Security Association (ISSA) and the Social Security Organisation of Malaysia (SOCSO).

29/06/2018 10:02 AM

Viet Nam Social Security (VSS) is a State Agency responsible for implementing social insurance and health insurance policies nation-wide; collecting and paying the unemployment insurance benefits; managing the Social Insurance (SI), Health Insurance (HI) and Unemployment Insurance (UI) funds; and inspecting SI, HI, UI contribution.

08/06/2018 01:54 PM

Joining hands to address the difficulties Currently, Hanoi has 23,246 people joining voluntary social insurance, while the city has more than 1.572 million labourer in the informal sector. At the same time, the city has nearly 2 million people not covered by health insurance, most of who are in rural areas. The expansion of voluntary social insurance and household health insurance is facing many difficulties, requiring not only efforts of the social insurance sector but also coordination of other agencies, sectors and organisations.

24/05/2018 11:15 AM

Despite the expansion of social and health insurance agent networks in Hanoi, the reality shows that they have only been successful in developing household health insurance but it remains difficult to encourage people to join voluntary social insuranc

16/05/2018 11:05 AM

Hanoi has 30 districts with nearly 8 million people. Due to diverse classes of residents, it is hard to encourage people to participate in voluntary social insurance and household health insurance. To deal with the problem, departments and agencies in the city have made efforts to expand the network of insurance agents, while intensifying communications work.

11/05/2018 10:29 AM

One of the issues of most interests of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is the establishment of a “single market and production base”. During this shared framework, a single labour market will create opportunities for labourers in ASEAN region to seek proper jobs, opportunities in order to develop their careers, and earn good incomes along with other rights and benefits for themselves and their families.